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Do you ever dream of having that perfect relationship with your horse, mule, or donkey? Do you ever dream of driving and working horses in harness, or dream of doing it better?

Doc working with Julia and 'The Boys' as they rake hay

Doc and workshop students at The Parey Farm, Minnesota

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“What I have come to call Gentle Horsemanship is actually a set of principles, an ethical code, for interacting with horses. It is based upon commitment to using only non-confrontational and nonviolent techniques, and upon accepting personal responsibility for the comfort and behavior of our horses. Gentle Horsemanship professes that horses effectively mirror our actions, reactions, and behavior and that to change their behavior we must first reshape ours.”

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Rich DuMond, Guthrie Morris: Several years ago, at the time of 'invention' of these tool bars, Doc and our friend Walt were brainstorming when they came up with the idea of multiple interchangeable tool bars to attach to their existing fore carts. I think it was on a day one of the multiple pieces of hard to find antique farm equipment specific to a particular needed job was 'down' for repairs. Necessity being the Mother of Invention......the pictured tool bar is one of several they came up with beginning that day. Your fabricator friend's concerns about the fore cart's wider tires and adding length to the overall equipment are valid, however both Walt and Doc have appreciated the tools that have come from their day of initial brainstorming. Others, like yourself, have thought of the efficiencies of something like these toolbars...something that would make their own or other's lives easier...look at the Pioneer Homesteader as a well marketed example. Walt and his wife own and operate a large organic, bio dynamic, horse-powered farm with hay, grains, and CSA and market vegetable production. They continue to use the interchangeable tools dreamed of on that day, and have created others since. ... See MoreSee Less

Another photo (and view of) Doc's 'home-made' toolbar with the Sweedish tines and shovels. Rich DuMond, Several years ago, at the time of 'invention' of these tool bars, Doc and our friend Walt were brainstorming when they came up with the idea of multiple interchangeable tool bars to attach to their existing fore carts. I think it was on a day one of the multiple pieces of hard to find antique farm equipment specific to a particular needed job was 'down' for repairs. Necessity being the Mother of Invention......the pictured tool bar is one of several they came up with beginning that day. Your fabricator friend's concerns about the fore cart's wider tires and adding length to the overall equipment are valid, however both Walt and Doc have appreciated the tools that have come from their day of initial brainstorming. Others, like yourself, have thought of the efficiencies of something like these toolbars...something that would make their own or other's lives easier...look at the Pioneer Homesteader as a well marketed example. Walt and his wife own and operate a large organic, bio dynamic, horse-powered farm with hay, grains, and CSA and market vegetable production. They continue to use the interchangeable tools dreamed of on that day, and have created others since. ... See MoreSee Less

Here is another photo showing a side view of the Sweedish "S" tines and shovels on the toolbar. This is just one example of tines and shovel configuration-this is a very simple and versitile tool. ... See MoreSee Less

We received several comments about the uses for our Pioneer back-blade, a Pioneer fore cart accessory, shown in an earlier post with Doc using it to plow snow. Doc listed several of it's many uses, and he also mentioned that he has made a tool bar that he inserted into the receiver (that normally holds the blade). Here, and following are some photos that show his home-made cultivation tool inserted into the receiver utilizing the (back-blade's) lift mechanism. ... See MoreSee Less